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COIN
Unique ID: BM-1EBE09
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Fausta (AD 324-328), dating to the period AD 324-326 (Reece period 16). SALVS REI-PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Salus standing holding two children. Unclear mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 324
Date to: Circa AD 326
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.48 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd October 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown
Identified by: Mr Richard Ashford
Secondary identifier: Dr Andrew Brown
Other reference numbers
Other reference: RH 17/0974
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Fausta
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Obverse description: Draped bust right
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Salus standing holding two children
Reverse inscription: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Fourth Century reverse type: SALVS REI PVBLICAE (Fausta)
Reverse mint mark: -//[]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Huntingdon Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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